Basic Pyrokinesis: Is it supposed to be that broken?

[deuxhero]

Basic Pyrokinesis wrote:

You can use your inner flame to reproduce the effects of a flare, light, or spark cantrip, except that the light you create with light produces heat like a normal flame; using any of the three abilities ends any previous light effect from this wild talent.

light wrote:

Range touch

Target object touched
[...]This spell causes a touched object to glow like a torch

As I see it, this essentially sets any object on fire, except it's not actually fire and will survive without oxygen. While anyone with this talent will have a better source of damage than turning the enemy's clothes into an electric stove burner. I can't think of anything but abuses for this, since you can't use it for light without fire resistance.

[Claxon]

It only produces heat, it doe not produce combustion or flame. And it only produces heat in the amount of a "normal" torch flame in the case of light.

Which doesn't cause any damage. So somehow it will be uncomfortably warm, but wont deal any damage.

[blahpers]

As broken as a torch. It will only set things on fire to the extent that a torch would. And it would still need oxygen in the same manner as any other flame. Heat alone isn't enough to combust.

As for the target itself, I would rule that it isn't damaged at all for the same reason that a +1 flaming club doesn't self-incinerate.

[deuxhero]

You can't normally turn any object, of any size, into a torch. I'm pretty sure the damage from fire is from the heat of the flames given Heat Metal and Burning Disarm are things.

[blahpers]

deuxhero wrote:

You can't normally turn any object, of any size, into a torch. I'm pretty sure the damage from fire is from the heat of the flames given Heat Metal and Burning Disarm are things.

Size isn't really a problem. Light only emanates torchlight from the point touched, not the entire object. Heat would similarly emanate only from the point touched.